Wrench



M. AND P. M. QUINL WRENCH.-

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 19]] 1,318,176. i Patented 00L. 7, 1919.

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WRENCH.

Application filed June 11, 1917.

T '0 all'whom it may concern Be it known that we, MICHAE QUINT and PETER MILLER QUINT, citizens of the Jnited States, and residents of Hays, in the county of Ellis and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in renches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wrenches; the dominant object of the in vention being to provide a wrench which can be used in limited and out of the way spaces for tightening and removing nuts; the tool being especially adapted for use in connecttion with the separating cylinders of threshing machines wherein the nuts for securing the blades are arranged inside of the same.

Among other aims and objects of the invention may be recited, the provision of a tool of the character mentioned with a View to compactness, and in which tl e number of U'tS are few. the construction sim ole the.

cost of production small, and efiiciency and operation high.

Gther and further improvements and novel details in the construction and ar rangement of parts will be appreciated from the description to follow, which, for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown for the purpose of illustration.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved wrench, parts hereof being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in section showing the connection of the rod with the clamp socket or aw; and

Fig. 8 is a disassembled detail in perspective of the universal joint connection.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings and in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the improved tool includes an elongated handle 1 having an eye formed in the upper or outer end thereof through which a cross rod 2 is passed, while upon the inner end thereof there is formed an apertured finger 3 which is received between the bifurcated Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Got. *7, rare.

Serial No. 174,031.

portions of a universal joint element referred to in its entirety by the numeral d. Obviously, a pivot pin is passed through the bifurcated portions of the universal joint element and through the apertured car.

A hexagonal socket 5 provided with an annular sleeve 6 is adapted to be pivotally engaged with the opposite end of the universal joint element; a pivot pin 7 passing through the apertured end of the same and through oppositely disposed openings formed in said collar 6.

T 0 limit the relative pivotal movement between the universal joint element 4: and that portion of the same which is pivotally connected to the socket 5 and designated by the numeral 8, the lower end of the same is reduced as at 9 and fixed within a pocket formed between the bifurcated upper portions of the said portion 8. Thus, the movement of the handle with relation to the socket when the same is engaged with a nut or other object is limited.

With our improved wrench, it will be appreciated by workers skilled in the art that the same may be advantageously used for removing nuts from the threaded shanks of blades peripherally of the conventional form of threshing machine cylinders, these nuts, as will be understood. being arranged upon the inside thereof. To remove a nut it is the desired one, and the handle 1 due to its connection with the socket, that is, by way 7 of the universal joint, will be permitted to bend accordingly, whereupon it may be turned by the operator in the proper direction. Further, it is to also be understood that the connection between the or socket 5 and the universal joint portion 8 is de tachable, thus, allowing the use of jaws varying in size and design such as conditions or preference may dictate.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification, and such modification as is within the scope of our claim, we consider within the spirit of our invention.

To claim:

A wrench handle divided adjacent one end to provide a main section and an end section, the end section being adapted for pivotal connection with an engaging element, a link positioned between the secpivotally mounting the tongues Within the tions, the adjacent end portions of the link sockets.

and sections being out to provide longitudi- In testimony whereof, We afiix our signa- 10 nally extending pockets and tongues fitting tures hereto.

into the pockets, the tongue at one end of the links extending at an angle to the tongue at MICHAEL QUINT. the opposite end of the links, and means for PETER MILLER QUIN T.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

